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Hi, I'm looking to travel from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh around 5pm on Fri 18th April. I have the choice between the 17:19 or 17:24, both of which connect to the same train into Edinburgh. The 17:19 is cheaper and fewer changes, but it's West Midland Trains - does anyone know: Would...

Hi, I can remember in the past (early '00s) buying train tickets from a travel agent that were printed on cardboard the size of an airline boarding card. Does anyone have an image of one in that format, or the official name of that format so I could search for an image online (my google fu is...

I'm on the 20:27 Lumo train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley. Some passengers just got on at Newcastle - from what I can overhear of their long conversation with the guard, they have an LNER + connections and had in itinerary to catch a northern train to York then an LNER train from...

For some reason I have it in my head that the "up" and "down" directions reverse at the Scotland/England border (e.g. if you're at Reston then "up" is towards Edinburgh, but if you're at Chathill, "up" is towards London) but googling it I can't find any mention of this. Have I imagined it?

The BBC website is reporting: Is there really any demand for services to Carlisle? To be honest, I'd have thought that if you were going to extend it, a branch to Penicuik (either from Eskbank, via Bonnyrigg and Rosewell; or from Shawfair, via Gilmerton, Loanhead and Roslin) would get far...

Pretty much as the thread title asks...: I was looking for tickets from Shawfair to Croy tomorrow and was surprised to see there are no returns (neither day-returns nor ones valid for a month), so I'd need to buy two singles costing a total of £29.20. Any idea why this would be? There are...

My in-laws have advance tickets from Edinburgh to Birmingham next weekend, with a two-together railcard. Today, one of them has tested positive for Covid. I thought that the normal "no refunds" policy for advances had been waived due to Covid, but googling this only gave me...

Today's budget included an announcement that the contactless payment limit was increasing from £45 to £100. As a lot of rail journeys cost under £100 each way, would it be feasible for the industry to start working towards a nationwide touch-in/touch-out pay-as-you-go scheme?

I was wondering if it was possible where the economics of electrifying a whole route don't add up, to (as an alternative to bimode trains) have the DMU which has worked the unelectrified bit couple up to an EMU for the electrified bit, and then have the EMU push (or tow) the DMU the rest of the...

My wife needs to be at a work thing at Murrayfield Stadium on a Monday in August from 9 to 4ish. She was planning on car-sharing with a colleague who'll be passing near to us; but I suggested they instead meet up at Shawfair Station, get a train to Haymarket then a tram for one stop to...

We (my wife, our 10 month old son and her parents) will be travelling from Edinburgh to London on 30th June and back on 3rd July. We'll be travelling in 1st on VTEC. Her parents already have a two together railcard from an earlier trip, and my wife and I will be getting one as it'll pay for...

Hi, while reading this thread http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123166 I've been wondering if there's any duty on TOCs' to only launch prosecutions which are in the public interest. Is there? If there isn't, should there be?

Hi, I need to get from Edinburgh -> Coventry on the first train tomorrow (details below), and then get from Coventry -> London at some unknown time Wednesday afternoon 0540 Edinburgh -> 0703 Newcastle 0725 Newcastle -> 10:27 Birmingham New Street 1050 Birmingham New Street -> 11:10...

Hi, tomorrow my fiancee and I are travelling on the 1030 from Edinburgh to Kings Cross. As the train doesn't start in Edinburgh, I figured that if we're early we may as well wait in the lounge. The maps on the national website (interactive and PDF) show two lounges - Scotrail near platform...

How likely is it that there'll be reductions in advance fares on East Coast after the franchise changes? Is it common for a new operator to do this, even if only as a short-term thing? The reason I ask is that recently I've been flying Edinburgh to London every Tuesday morning (since the...

Hi, I need to travel from Edinburgh to Watford Junction arriving around 9am on Monday 23rd February, returning on Friday 27th around 5pm My plan had been to take the sleeper southbound, and either travel north on Virgin / TPE (if I think I'm likely to make it to the station in time for the...

The East Coast website has a new menu option under "My Account" entitled "Registered Mobile Devices" Clicking on it shows: Wonder what form their mobile ticketing will take

I've just used the "Get help with this site" function on the East Coast website to report the issue below Is this something which others have noticed too?

I'm in a taxi on my way home from Edinburgh Waverley, taking a bit of a detour due to a lorry which looks quite well wedged underneath the railway bridge at the eastern side of Cameron Toll roundabout. A recovery truck and police are onsite.

In a few weeks time, I'll be down in London for long enough to make a travelcard the most economical option. I'd like a paper one (which I believe means buying Z1-6, even though I only need Z1-5 as I'm not going further out than East Croydon?) in order to take advantage of the 2-for-1 offers...